Most of Grapeview commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Grapeview has 14 jobs, against 307 working residents. Getting around Grapeview on foot earns D−. Hardly any stay in Grapeview for work; outside it, Seattle is the main destination (10%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Grapeview apart
Grapeview is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Grapeview, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grapeview has about 800 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Grapeview workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 49 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 376 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Grapeview’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Grapeview is Seattle, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (30) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Grapeview
On a workday 307 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Grapeview on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 49 minutes each way for Grapeview’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grapeview workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 365 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Grapeview commutes less than 26 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns that employ Grapeview’s residents
Where Grapeview clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
86% of the jobs in Grapeview pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grapeview, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 14. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grapeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Grapeview, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grapeview is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Grapeview near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 454 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Grapeview households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grapeview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grapeview and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grapeview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grapeview | – | — | D− | 49 min | — |
| Vaughn | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Vaughn: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grapeview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Grapeview: questions
What is the poverty rate in Grapeview?
5.7%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grapeview?
49 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grapeview work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (10%, 30 mi), Tacoma (7%, 18 mi), Bremerton (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grapeview walkable?
Grapeview is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grapeview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grapeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grapeview
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.